By: M. Nakano Michiko (Editor), Peter Zuber (Editor)

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Strict and Facultative Anaerobes: Medical and Environmental Aspects reviews all aspects of anaerobic bacteria, highlighting their environmental and medical importance. The first three chapters focus on taxonomy, anaerobic metabolism and the genetic regulation of anaerobic processes in strict and facultative anaerobes. The next section includes an examination of the physiological traits of anaerobic bacteria that enable them to be beneficial in one situation but hazardous to human and animal health in others. Other topics include the anaerobic nature of infections, latency, anaerobic biofilms, and toxin production. The final section reviews iron, selenate, and arsenate reduction, as well as oxidation of halogenated organics, ammonium oxidation, and acetogenesis.
This important book provides detailed coverage of the wide-ranging capabilities of anaerobic bacteria. It examines their basic biology and chemistry, medical importance, and applications in biotechnology and environmental science. It is an essential reference for everyone interested in anaerobic bacteria, environmental biology, medical microbiology, and industrial bacteriology.

Contributors	p. vi
Preface	p. x
Overview
The Phylogeny and Classification of Anaerobic Bacteria	p. 1
An Overview of Anaerobic Metabolism	p. 27
Redox (Oxygen)-Dependent Gene Regulation in Facultative Anaerobes	p. 67
Medical Aspects
Anaerobic Metabolism by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Cystic Fibrosis Airway Biofilms: Role of Nitric Oxide, Quorum Sensing, and Alginate Production	p. 87
Oral Microbial Communities: Genetic Analysis of Oral Biofilms	p. 109
The Gut Microflora	p. 125
The Bacillus Holds its Breath - Latency and the Hypoxic Response of Mycobacterium tuberculosis	p. 145
Molecular Basis for Aerotolerance of the Obligately Anaerobic Bacteroides spp	p. 161
Clostridial and Bacteroides Toxins: Structure and Mode of Action	p. 171
Toxin Gene Regulation in Clostridium	p. 199
Use of Anaerobic Bacteria for Cancer Therapy	p. 211
Environmental/Industrial Aspects
Bioremediation Processes Coupled to the Microbial Reduction of Fe(III)oxides in Sedimentary Environments	p. 221
Prokaryotic Arsenate and Selenate Respiration	p. 239
Molecular and Cellular Biology of Acetogenic Bacteria	p. 251
Anaerobic Oxidation of Inorganic Nitrogen Compounds	p. 283
Reductive Dehalogenation of Polychlorinated Benzenes and Dioxins	p. 303
Biotransformation of Carbon Tetrachloride by the Facultative Anaerobic Bacterium Pseudomonas stutzeri	p. 317
Solventogenesis by Clostridia	p. 329
The Clostridial Cellulosome	p. 343
Microbial Community Structure and Functions in Methane Fermentation Technology for Wastewater Treatment	p. 361
Index	p. 385
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ISBN: 9780849333170
ISBN-10: 0849333172
Audience: Professional
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 390
Published: 1st November 2004
Dimensions (cm): 27.9 x 21.6  x 2.6
Weight (kg): 1.361